Two of the country’s largest public television stations — Thirteen/WNET and WLIW 21 — have agreed to merge operations. On Tuesday, WLIW’s board of trustees voted in favor of the merger, which WNET’s ...

LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y. — The parent company of New York’s two largest PBS Member stations — WNET-13 and WLIW-21 — has revealed that its President/CEO will retire from his role when his current ...

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y., June 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The WNET Group, parent company of New York's THIRTEEN and WLIW21 and operator of NJTV, announced the call letter change of its Southampton, New York ...

What began with talk of a joint master control three years ago ended up last week in the merger of New York's two largest public TV stations. Trustees of the Long Island-based WLIW voted July 31 to ...

Laura Savini, one of the area’s most recognizable faces in public television, has resigned as head of marketing for WLIW21, but will continue as an on air host for specials and fundraisers.

WNET, the parent company of New York PBS stations Thirteen and WLIW21 and operator of NJTV, is launching a free, 24-hour broadcast and streaming channel dedicated to dance, film, literature, music, ...

NEW YORK, March 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The WNET Group, home to PBS stations THIRTEEN and WLIW21, the network NJ PBS, and Long Island’s only NPR station WLIW-FM, announced today the launch of its new ...

It’s like school — only with some of TV’s biggest stars writing on the blackboard. Public broadcasting will take America back to school Saturday with its second annual “American Graduate Day,” a seven ...

A bold gamble by WNET to respond to the diminishing returns of on-air pledge drives paid off enough that the trial is expanding. In what began as a one-year experiment last summer, the New York ...

The parent company of public stations WNET/Ch. 13 and WLIW/Ch. 21 Thursday laid off 85 of its roughly 500-person staff in an effort to survive on a smaller budget. WNET.org, the parent of the sister ...